Finlay dream city collapses after desert land scam
A desert site near El Paso pitched as a future metropolis Finlay drew in buyers at 9.85 each while landowners paid 3 per acre. The El Paso Post exposed the sham and postal inspectors opened inquiries as a rapid scheme collapse looms. Meanwhile London reports a wind strike calm and Evansville notes Osbourne Wood, once a stock speculator, now works a factory job in refrigeration.
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EL Paso
Sharps
Finlay
el Paso Post
Scripps- Howard
Post
Society Notes On Women Activities Tueday Meetings
Society items list upcoming gatherings across Amarillo venues. American Legion auxiliary and several clubs meet for preparations, business, or initiation. attendees urged to attend. A San Antonio artist sketching trip in Palo Duro Canyon and a birthday dinner for Mrs Alma Speairs are noted. a Legion Auxiliary meeting is postponed due to the president's absence.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Queen Esther Club
D. W. Britain
Fillmore Street
Peter Pan Bridge Club
W. L. Blake
Harricon Street
Business and
Amarillo Hotel
Tonita Chapter
Masonic Temple
la Costura
E. A. Park
Fast Twelfth Street
Legion Club
Hendricks
San Antonio
Palo Duro Canyon
G. Hendricks
Wade Willis
Texas
Palo Duro
Season Barnes
Wichita Falls
American Legion Auxilary
William Burger
California
Aged Woman Choked To Death With Towel
Newark police report Mrs Lena Tidrar 72 found dead in bed strangled with a towel in a rear room of a small store. Her husband, who slept nearby, discovered the body this morning. The couple had a single room and no money was taken. The killer’s fiendish act shocked the town.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Lena Tidrar
Woman Slightly Injured in Car Crash Sunday
Mrs. R. C. McCoffree sustained slight injuries to head and face when a car driven by Mr. McCoffree collided head on with Ted Wheatley s car at Second and North Fillmore at 8 80 last night. Police blotter notes both vehicles damaged. Mrs. McCoffree was taken from St. Anthony s sanitarium to her home this afternoon.
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R. C. McCoffree
McCoffree
Ted Wheatley
Polk Street
Second
North Fillmore
Wheatley
J. D. Goodwin Dies At Local Hospital
J D Goodwin aged 48 a carpenter who had lived in Amarillo three weeks died at a local hospital at 2 o clock this morning after a ten day illness. He moved here from Hot Springs Arkansas and is held at Blackburn Funeral Home as relatives in Oklahoma are notified. He was a member of the local carpenters union.
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J. D. Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Amarillo
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Blackburn Funeral Home
Oklahoma
Carpenters’ Union
Deaf delegates attend 15th National Association for the Deaf convention
In Washington on August 9 approximately 2000 delegates gathered for a week long NAD convention noted for no spoken addresses. The fifteenth triennial meeting opens with sign language sessions led by Dr Percival Hall Harry Hall and W E Marshall. Mrs A E McCann will close the opening with a sign language rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Association For the Deaf
Percival Hall
Gallaudet College
Harry Hall
Immigration
W. E. Marshall
Southern Hardware Men Facing Suit
Anti trust proceedings were instituted at Richmond Virginia today by the department of justice against the Southern Hardware Jobbers association and many leading hardware concerns in fourteen southern states. Vote for A. D. Payne of Amarillo for Representative. He's for the little boy same as the big boy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richmond
Virginia
Department of Justice
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
A. D. Payne
Amarillo
Mexicans seal church valuables as religious row deepens
Government seizes church property across Mexico City and other regions as new religious regulations take effect. Catholic bishops protest while priests cease services. protesters released after being held on life-plot charges. Protestants begin registering property inventories. overall calm reported nationwide.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Calles
Mrs. L R Gaylor Dies After Brief Illness
Nattie Idelia Gaylor age 21 wife of Lon R Gaylor died at a local hospital after a very brief illness. Funeral services were held at Griggs funeral chapel with Rev. Virgil Fisher officiating and burial in Llane cemetery.
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Nattie Idelia Gaylor
Lon R. Gaylor
Griggs
Virgil Fisher
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Llane Cemetery
Flashes of Life from nation and world
Social notes report a royal holiday with George Y. Windsor on two months paid leave at Buckingham Palace and Scottish retreats. Wealthy heirs in New York join Salvation Army cadets, while Philadelphia reports a no-charge 17 000 mile gasoline voyage aboard J M Van Dyke. A Welsh choir wins a famed festival, and a Philadelphia sermon critiques bathing girl revues as pulchritude contests.
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Associated Press
New York
George Y. FE. A. Windsor
Missus
Gowes
Yorkshire
Scotland
George
Buckingham Palace
Philadelphia
J. M. van Dyke
Durban
East Africa
15 Million Bale Cotton Crop Seen This Year
New York August 9 The Agriculture Department reports projected 15 621 000 bales of cotton for the year based on August 1 crop condition 69 8 per cent of normal versus 70 7 on July 16 and last year 16 105 679 bales with a condition 65 6. Final output depends on season developments. possible range from 44 425 000 to 17 510 000 bales. Indicated yield per acre 168 3 pounds. State conditions listed for Virginia to California and the remaining states.
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Associated Press
New York
Department of Agriculture Today
Crop Reporting Board
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Lower
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Evansville
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Osborne C. Wood
Nation
Speairs
Alma Speairs
F. C. Higgins
H. G. Cole
Amaryllis Bridge Club
W. P. Cooper
Sunset Road
Country Club
Matney School of Beauty Culture
Sir W. and
St. Fort Worth
Texar
Cailal
Southern Hardware
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Wilhoit's
Withoit
The
Angels
Ole Ee
Wilhoit
Ann Schechter
Schechter
Ann
Ant
Catholic Episcopate
Republic
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Cote
Erten
Maywoot
N. Y
Lytell Rader, Jr
Frances
Salvation Army
Swansea
Wales
Cleveland Singers
Tees
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